Plant Details

Accepted name:: Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam. [Caryophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 9

Polycarpaea corymbosa var. brasiliensis (Cambess.) Chodat & Hassl.

Polycarpaea corymbosa var. corymbosa

Polycarpaea corymbosa var. emasculata H.Perrier

Polycarpaea corymbosa var. glabrifolia (DC.) Berhaut

Polycarpaea corymbosa var. longipetala S.R.Sriniv. & D.Naras.

Polycarpaea corymbosa var. minor Pedley

Polycarpaea corymbosa var. pseudolinearifolia Berhaut

Polycarpaea corymbosa var. torrensis Pedley

Polycarpaea corymbosa var. yadagiriense C.S.Reddy, V.S.Raju & Y.N.R.Varma

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bhisatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bommasari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bugyal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bugyale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataicciver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanjengena	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
katu-mailosina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koyap	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maitosin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilaisedachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
okapembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
okharadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oupembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
paade mullu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pade mullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pallippuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parpata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pittapaaparaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
poudaemullu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poude mullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poude mullu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajuma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rupaaphuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tadagamritikodbhava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zutniokhad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
声色草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
星色草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achyranthes corymbosa L. Sp. Pl.: 205 (1753).
Celosia corymbosa (L.) Retz. Observ. Bot. 1: 13 (1779).
Lahaya corymbosa (L.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 404 (1819).
Mollia corymbosa (L.) Willd. Hort. Berol. 1: 11 (1803).
Polycarpaea corymbosa var. typica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 655 (1926), not validly publ.
Polycarpon corymbosum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 51 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Achyranthes corymbosa L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polycarpaea corymbosa	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.)Lam.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Polycarpaea corymbosa (Linn.) Lam.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Polycarpaea corymbosa (Linnaeus) Lamarck	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polycarpaea corymbosa (Linnaeus) Lamarck var. corymbosa	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polycarpaea corymbosa Lam.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Polycarpaea corymbosa Lamarck	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polycarpoea corymbosa (L.) Lam.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)

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